I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.
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2023 Yeovil Literary Prize
I’m “over the moon” to learn that my middle grade manuscript, THE ALIENS ARE COMING! (I’m 99.36% sure this time.) has won the Yeovil Literary Prize in the Children’s & Young Adult category. Judged by the brilliant Hannah Gold, author of multi-award winning novels THE LAST BEAR, the newly released sequel FINDING BEAR and THE…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Saving the Sun
Title: Saving the Sun | Author: Emma Pearl | Illustrator: Sara Ugolotti | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Page Street Kids | Release Date: September 19, 2023 | ISBN-13: 9781645679882 Book Description: After an especially sweltering day, the ocean sparkles and twinkles so invitingly that instead of slipping beneath the horizon, the sun plunges into the ocean itself. When…
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Words to Write By
“We think of language as this tame thing that lives in neat garden beds, bound by rules and fences. Then someone shows it to you growing wild and beautiful… Breaking through any fence that would try to contain it.” – Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
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Book Review + Giveaway: Pirate & Penguin
Title: Pirate & Penguin | Author: Mike Allegra | Illustrator: Jenn Harney | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Page Street Kids | Release Date: May 30, 2023 | ISBN-13: 9781645677123 Book Description: What happens when a pirate, hoping for a parrot, stumbles upon a bird of a duller plumage? Pirate doesn’t know that Penguin is a penguin. But any…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Secrets of the Wild
Title: Secrets of the Wild | Author: Olivia Kent | Illustrator: Srimalie Bassani | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Books | Publication Date: March 2021 Book Description: There is nothing more exciting than what happens deep in the woods. Aside from human eyes, the hustle and bustle of the wild will shock, awe, and captivate you deep into their world of the…
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